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Fiorella Casamenti

Fiorella Casamenti

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Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
9044
World Ranking
4791
National Ranking
224

Overview

Fiorella Casamenti is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on medical and neuroscience fields, with key contributions to the study of Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative mechanisms.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Curcumin's Biomedical Applications

Casamenti's research encompasses the following fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, subfields of Casamenti's research include:

  • Physiology
  • Surgery
  • Neurology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Organic Chemistry

Recent notable publications illustrate a focus on antioxidant properties, neurodegeneration, and Alzheimer's disease models. These include:

  • "Olive Polyphenols: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties" (2021) published in Antioxidants
  • "Effect of Unloaded and Curcumin-Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles on Tissue Transglutaminase Isoforms Expression Levels in an Experimental Model of Alzheimer's Disease" (2022) published in Antioxidants
  • "Garcinoic acid prevents β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition in the mouse brain" (2020) published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Morphofunctional Investigation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease: Non-Reactive Astrocytes Are Involved in Aβ Load and Reactive Astrocytes in Plaque Build-Up" (2023) published in Cells
  • "Morphofunctional Investigation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease: Non-Reactive Astrocytes Are Involved in Aβ Load and Reactive Astrocytes in Plaque Build-Up" (2023) published in Preprints.org

Casamenti frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Pamela Nardiello
  • Monica Bucciantini
  • Massimo Stefani
  • Manuela Leri
  • Daniele Lana

The scientist's research has been disseminated across multiple venues, with the most frequent publication sources being:

  • Antioxidants
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Cells
  • Preprints.org
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports

Best Publications

  • Beta-amyloid-induced inflammation and cholinergic hypofunction in the rat brain in vivo: involvement of the p38MAPK pathway

    Maria Grazia Giovannini;Carla Scali;Costanza Prosperi;Arianna Bellucci

  • Changes in cortical acetylcholine output induced by modulation of the nucleus basalis.

    Fiorella Casamenti;Giuseppe Deffenu;Anna Laura Abbamondi;Giancarlo Pepeu

  • Lesions of cholinergic forebrain nuclei: changes in avoidance behavior and scopolamine actions.

    G. Lo Conte;L. Bartolini;F. Casamenti;I. Marconcini-Pepeu

  • Prefibrillar amyloid aggregates could be generic toxins in higher organisms

    Serena Baglioni;Fiorella Casamenti;Monica Bucciantini;Leila M. Luheshi

  • Differential effects of amyloid peptides β-(1-40) and β-(25-35) injections into the rat nucleus basalis

    L. Giovannelli;F. Casamenti;C. Scali;L. Bartolini

  • Aniracetam restores object recognition impaired by age, scopolamine, and nucleus basalis lesions.

    L Bartolini;F Casamenti;G Pepeu

  • Induction of inflammatory mediators and microglial activation in mice transgenic for mutant human P301S tau protein.

    Arianna Bellucci;Arianna Bellucci;Andrew J. Westwood;Esther Ingram;Fiorella Casamenti

  • Lithium improves hippocampal neurogenesis, neuropathology and cognitive functions in APP mutant mice.

    Anna Fiorentini;Maria Cristina Rosi;Cristina Grossi;Ilaria Luccarini

  • Proteomic identification of proteins specifically oxidized by intracerebral injection of amyloid β-peptide (1–42) into rat brain: Implications for Alzheimer’s disease

    D. Boyd-Kimball;R. Sultana;H. Fai Poon;B.C. Lynn

  • Increased Dickkopf-1 expression in transgenic mouse models of neurodegenerative disease

    Maria Cristina Rosi;Ilaria Luccarini;Cristina Grossi;Anna Fiorentini

  • Enhanced acetylcholine release in the hippocampus and cortex during acquisition of an operant behavior.

    M. Orsetti;F. Casamenti;G. Pepeu

  • Interleukin-1β activates forebrain glial cells and increases nitric oxide production and cortical glutamate and GABA release in vivo : Implications for Alzheimer's disease

    F. Casamenti;C. Prosperi;C. Scali;L. Giovannelli

  • Selective muscarinic antagonists differentially affect in vivo acetylcholine release and memory performances of young and aged rats.

    M.G Vannucchi;C Scali;S.R Kopf;G Pepeu

  • Cholinergic dysfunction, neuronal damage and axonal loss in TgCRND8 mice.

    Arianna Bellucci;Ilaria Luccarini;Carla Scali;Costanza Prosperi

  • Clioquinol decreases amyloid-beta burden and reduces working memory impairment in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Cristina Grossi;Simona Francese;Angela Casini;Maria Cristina Rosi

  • Long-term ethanol consumption by rats: effect on acetylcholine release in vivo, choline acetyltransferase activity, and behavior.

    Fiorella Casamenti;Carla Scali;Maria Vannucchi;Luciano Bartolini

  • Oleuropein aglycone induces autophagy via the AMPK/mTOR signalling pathway: a mechanistic insight.

    Stefania Rigacci;Caterina Miceli;Chiara Nediani;Andrea Berti

  • Solid lipid nanoparticles for delivery of andrographolide across the blood-brain barrier: in vitro and in vivo evaluation.

    Giulia Graverini;Vieri Piazzini;Elisa Landucci;Daniela Pantano

  • Phosphatidylserine reverses the age-dependent decrease in cortical acetylcholine release: a microdialysis study.

    Fiorella Casamenti;Carla Scali;Giancarlo Pepeu

  • Olive polyphenols: new promising agents to combat aging-associated neurodegeneration

    Fiorella Casamenti;Massimo Stefani

  • Effects of ganglioside treatment in rats with a lesion of the cholinergic forebrain nuclei.

    Fiorella Casamenti;Laura Bracco;Luciano Bartolini;Giancarlo Pepeu

  • Nerve growth factor increases extracellular acetylcholine levels in the parietal cortex and hippocampus of aged rats and restores object recognition

    Carla Scali;Fiorella Casamenti;Marta Pazzagli;Luciano Bartolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Giancarlo Pepeu
Giancarlo Pepeu University of Florence
Maria Grazia Giovannini
Maria Grazia Giovannini University of Florence
Maria Grazia Spillantini
Maria Grazia Spillantini University of Cambridge
Anna Maria Aloisi
Anna Maria Aloisi University of Siena
Michele Zoli
Michele Zoli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Diego Guidolin
Diego Guidolin University of Padua
Michel Goedert
Michel Goedert MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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